Helena: Well, Nikolas, you're acting very strangely. Has something happened to Emily? I warned you that if you continued --
Nikolas: No, no, no, see, I warned you. You'll leave here in a body bag if you don't tell me how to save her.
Helena: I've told you repeatedly, the way to save Emily is to let her go.
Nikolas: Well, see, now, we're going to have a little bit of a problem because that's not going to happen.
Helena: Nikolas, you don't want to hurt me.
Nikolas: Tell me. How do I stop what you're doing to her? Tell me right now. I'm not messing --
Pounding on door.
Alexis: Nikolas, what is going on in there?
Helena: You're the one who is killing Emily now. If you love her the way you say you do, you leave her.
Alexis: Nikolas?
Nikolas: You're not --
Helena: Nikolas, it's the only thing that will save her.
Nikolas: Telling me what I want to hear.
Pounding.
Nikolas: Tell me how to save her or I値l make sure you never speak again. Come on.
Elizabeth: Emily? Hey, Em, Em, Em, wake up, honey, wake up.
Emily: Ah!
Elizabeth: Oh, my God. What's happening?
Nikolas: Last chance.
Helena: Aphrodite. Her garden.
Nikolas: What does it mean?
Emily: I fell asleep, and all of a sudden, it felt like someone was choking me.
Elizabeth: Like in a dream or for real?
Emily: Both, I guess. I mean, it was happening in my sleep, but it was so visceral. I mean, I couldn't breath, Elizabeth.
Elizabeth: I know. I walked in and you were gasping for air and choking, and you really scared me.
Emily: Okay, let's just get this out in the open. Do you think I知 nuts?
Elizabeth: I might if anyone else in the world had placed that curse. But you know that Helena put a curse on Luke and Laura, and you know how that turned out.
Emily sighs.
Elizabeth: I'm sorry, that was -- that was insensitive.
Emily: No, no, I really don't want to believe that Helena can exert that kind of power. I mean, there has to be a logical explanation, right, like with anything else -- except that I've been sick.
Elizabeth: Okay, well, maybe you're just still recovering from that spider bite.
Emily: Well, according to the doctors, what I知 feeling isn't physical. I mean, they've run every conceivable test and there's no medical explanation for what's happening, but I keep getting worse. Where's the logic in that?
Elizabeth: So maybe it's just mind over matter.
Emily: That's what your brother thinks.
Elizabeth: Well, you should listen to Steven because he really knows what he's talking about.
Emily: I'm afraid, Elizabeth. I mean, Nikolas is more furious than I致e ever seen him.
Elizabeth: Oh, come on, that's understandable.
Emily: He went after Helena, and I'm afraid of what might happen. Maybe going up against this woman is a bad idea.
Elizabeth: So what are you saying, Em?
Emily: Maybe we should just give this witch what she wants and forget about getting married.
Elizabeth: No. No, Em, you can't give up. You have got to fight Helena with everything you've got.
Ric: Nikolas, get your hand off.
Alexis: Nikolas, let her go. She's not worth it.
Ric: Look, you're not giving me any choice but to have to arrest you.
Helena: I -- I believe that -- that would be my choice. This is a family matter. I have no intention of pressing charges against my -- my beautiful grandson. I would like a moment alone with Nikolas.
Alexis: That is a very, very bad idea.
Nikolas: You can leave us.
Alexis: Are you sure?
Nikolas: I'm not going to kill her, if that's what you're worried about.
Ric: All right, come on.
Nikolas: I only want to hear one thing from you.
Helena: I'm telling you what you need to know. Whatever you think you've learned about breaking the curse, I assure you that that's only wishful thinking. If you pursue this, there will be only one outcome. Your precious Emily will die.
Lorenzo: Why am I here, Lansing? One of Corinthos' warehouses blows up; you automatically assume I知 responsible?
Ric: Well, actually, I haven't checked into that yet. No, actually, you're here on -- oh -- drug trafficking.
Nikolas: I have your book.
Helena: "Maledictum"?
Nikolas: That's right, the book of curses.
Helena: Won't help you.
Nikolas: Well, no, not since you tore out the pages that would've told me how to undo whatever it is you did to Emily. But it's in your head, I know it, and I want it. You said two words -- "Aphrodite" and "Garden." What do they mean?
Helena: Are you being deliberately obtuse? I'm trying to warn you. Even if you could break the curse, remember what happened to Alexis' mother.
Nikolas: Are you threatening to kill Emily?
Helena: I'm merely pointing out that we learn from history or we're doomed to repeat it.
Nikolas: Hi.
Emily: Oh, hey. Thank God. I thought I was going to get a call to bail you out of jail.
Nikolas: Helena didn't press charges.
Emily: I'm afraid to ask.
Nikolas: What?
Emily: What did you do to her?
Nikolas: All that matters is it worked.
Emily: So she told you how to reverse the curse?
Nikolas: No, not exactly. But she gave me two words -- sit down -- "Aphrodite" and "Garden."
Emily: Meaning?
Nikolas: I don't know yet. You didn't happen to come across any reference to Aphrodite in this book, did you?
Emily: I only took one semester of Latin. It's all Greek to me.
Nikolas: All right, let me see what I can find.
Nikolas mumbles.
Nikolas: Okay, this -- this talks about some kind of ritual.
Emily: Mm-hmm.
Nikolas: See, a circle, the sun, stars. Well, okay, something about swimming naked in a river. We'll have to put that one on our list. Come on. Hey, come on. We'll get through this, okay, I promise.
Emily: I know, I know. Keep reading.
Nikolas: Okay. Here it is. Here it is, the Garden of Aphrodite. Seems to be connected to some -- yeah, some island in Greece called Kronosa.
Emily: Does it say Kronosa is tied to undoing the curse?
Nikolas: Um -- no, no, it's not that specific, but I know one way to find out.
Alexis: I got here as soon as I could. What's going on now?
Emily: No need to panic. We're fine.
Nikolas: Yeah, we just need some information from you. So you said that Mikkos took your mother away to break the curse, is that right?
Alexis: Right.
Nikolas: Do you remember where?
Alexis: Not off the top of my head, no.
Nikolas: Well, if I said it, would you recognize it?
Alexis: Possibly.
Nikolas: Well, tell me if either of these two ring a bell -- the Garden of Aphrodite or the island of Kronosa. Either of those?
Alexis: The island of Kronosa sounds familiar.
Nikolas: Okay, then that's where I'll start.
Alexis: You are not going to Greece.
Nikolas: Yes, I am, right away.
Alexis: Absolutely not, Nikolas.
Nikolas: I have to. It's the only way that I can help her.
Alexis: Lifting the curse turned out to be worse than living under it. Helena murdered my mother, remember?
Emily: I'm not afraid. Elizabeth's take on this is right, the only way to overcome Helena痴 curse is to fight it, so we're both going.
Nikolas: All right, I've spoken to Mrs. Lansbury. She'll stay here while I知 gone. Lucky and Elizabeth are just a phone call way, so --
Emily: That won't be necessary. Didn't you hear me? I'm going with you.
Nikolas: You can't come with me.
Emily: Listen, Mikkos and Kristen went to Kronosa together. What if you need me to break the curse?
Nikolas: I don't know what I知 walking into, what would go wrong, how dangerous it could be.
Emily: We'll find out together, Nikolas. I don't know anything about this curse or how it works, but I know that we're stronger together.